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<div class=ts11p0><span class="ft0p11"> </span></div>
<div class=ts11p1><span class="ft0p11">Gravitybox Schedule Primer<span class="ft1p11"> </span></span></div>
<div class=ts11p3><span class="ft0p11">Page 9&nbsp; </span></div>
<div class=ts11p7><span class="ft2p11"> </span></div>
<div class=ts11p8><span class="ft3p11"> </span></div>
<div class=ts11p9><span class="ft4p11">1998&#45;2004 Gravitybox Software LLC<span class="ft3p11"> </span></span></div>
<div class=ts11p13><span class="ft5p11">Introduction </span></div>
<div class=ts11p15><span class="ft6p11">Why GbSchedule? </span></div>
<div class=ts11p17><span class="ft7p11">Gravitybox Schedule is a third&#45;party tool written in response the to the vacuum of third&#45;</span></div>
<div class=ts11p21><span class="ft7p11">party scheduling components. Few companies have any type of scheduling software </span></div>
<div class=ts11p23><span class="ft7p11">available. The selection that is available is incomplete at best and non&#45;functional at </span></div>
<div class=ts11p26><span class="ft7p11">worst. Many of the existing applications deal mainly with scheduling in a very narrow </span></div>
<div class=ts11p27><span class="ft7p11">context, such as employee scheduling or task scheduling. Many of these applications </span></div>
<div class=ts11p29><span class="ft7p11">display the schedules as Gantt graphs. Most people who have created schedules by </span></div>
<div class=ts11p30><span class="ft7p11">hand are familiar with the appointment book model or grid display. This appears to be </span></div>
<div class=ts11p31><span class="ft7p11">an obvious way to display scheduled information; however the lack of software that </span></div>
<div class=ts11p33><span class="ft7p11">displays information in these formats is noticeably missing. </span></div>
<div class=ts11p35><span class="ft7p11"> </span></div>
<div class=ts11p36><span class="ft7p11">In fill the void, Gravitybox offers a general&#45;purpose software component that may be </span></div>
<div class=ts11p39><span class="ft7p11">used to display scheduled information of almost any type, in many, different formats. </span></div>
<div class=ts11p40><span class="ft7p11">The component will display information in the common grid format with time and dates </span></div>
<div class=ts11p42><span class="ft7p11">on opposing axes. It will also allow you to transpose the axes, as well as specify the </span></div>
<div class=ts11p43><span class="ft7p11">increments on the each one. It can display an arbitrarily large schedule, allowing for </span></div>
<div class=ts11p45><span class="ft7p11">years at a time to be view and scrolled. There are conflict resolution routines that can </span></div>
<div class=ts11p46><span class="ft7p11">determine if a change will cause a conflict with other appointments. A warning may also </span></div>
<div class=ts11p47><span class="ft7p11">be given the user in this situation in his native language, if need be. </span></div>
<div class=ts11p49><span class="ft7p11"> </span></div>
<div class=ts11p50><span class="ft7p11">GbSchedule will not only display the information in a grid with multiple configurations </span></div>
<div class=ts11p52><span class="ft7p11">but it may also be used to display scheduled information in MonthView or ListView </span></div>
<div class=ts11p53><span class="ft7p11">formats as well. The component may show information in the MonthView format </span></div>
<div class=ts11p54><span class="ft7p11">popularized by MS&#45;Outlook. This view allows the user to see a month at a glance. For </span></div>
<div class=ts11p58><span class="ft7p11">those who are accustomed to viewing information in an appointment book format, they </span></div>
<div class=ts11p59><span class="ft7p11">will not be disappointed because the GbSchedule offers this view as well. </span></div>
<div class=ts11p61><span class="ft7p11"> </span></div>
<div class=ts11p62><span class="ft7p11">Most of the functionality available may be used with little or no coding. There are many </span></div>
<div class=ts11p64><span class="ft7p11">properties that may be set to configure the behavior of the schedule. These properties </span></div>
<div class=ts11p65><span class="ft7p11">control almost all of the functionality and behavior of the software. Customizations may </span></div>
<div class=ts11p66><span class="ft7p11">be added in code. Opportunities are given to override the default behavior of the </span></div>
<div class=ts11p68><span class="ft7p11">schedule by using the provided events. There are &#147;Before&#148; and &#147;After&#148; procedures for </span></div>
<div class=ts11p69><span class="ft7p11">most events. For example there is a BeforeMove and AfterMove event. The first may be </span></div>
<div class=ts11p70><span class="ft7p11">used to cancel an appointment move. The latter maybe used for some sort of </span></div>
<div class=ts11p72><span class="ft7p11">confirmation code that an event has been moved.&nbsp; </span></div>
<div class=ts11p74><span class="ft7p11"> </span></div>
<div class=ts11p75><span class="ft7p11">In all, the component is truly general purpose. It allows the developer full control over </span></div>
<div class=ts11p76><span class="ft7p11">the display and behavior of every aspect of its existence. The control was designed to </span></div>
<div class=ts11p78><span class="ft7p11">allow maximum flexibility over almost any type of scheduling scenario. </span></div>
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